Re: [PATCH] gpio: Restrict usage of gc irq members before initialization

From: Gabriel Krisman Bertazi
Date: Thu Mar 10 2022 - 10:14:24 EST


Shreeya Patel <shreeya.patel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> gc irq members are exposed before they could be completely
> initialized and this leads to race conditions.
>
> One such issue was observed for the gc->irq.domain variable which
> was accessed through the I2C interface in gpiochip_to_irq() before
> it could be initialized by gpiochip_add_irqchip(). This resulted in
> Kernel NULL pointer dereference.
>
> To avoid such scenarios, restrict usage of gc irq members before
> they are completely initialized.
>
> Signed-off-by: Shreeya Patel <shreeya.patel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> Following is the NULL pointer dereference Oops for reference :-
>
> kernel: Call Trace:
> kernel: gpiod_to_irq+0x53/0x70
> kernel: acpi_dev_gpio_irq_get_by+0x113/0x1f0
> kernel: i2c_acpi_get_irq+0xc0/0xd0
> kernel: i2c_device_probe+0x28a/0x2a0
> kernel: really_probe+0xf2/0x460
> kernel: driver_probe_device+0xe8/0x160
> kernel: ? driver_allows_async_probing+0x50/0x50
> kernel: bus_for_each_drv+0x8f/0xd0
> kernel: __device_attach_async_helper+0x9f/0xf0
> kernel: async_run_entry_fn+0x2e/0x110
> kernel: process_one_work+0x214/0x3e0
> kernel: worker_thread+0x4d/0x3d0
> kernel: ? process_one_work+0x3e0/0x3e0
> kernel: kthread+0x133/0x150
> kernel: ? kthread_associate_blkcg+0xc0/0xc0
> kernel: ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
> kernel: CR2: 0000000000000028
> kernel: ---[ end trace d0f5a7a0e0eb268f ]---
> kernel: RIP: 0010:gpiochip_to_irq+0x47/0xc0
>
> drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c | 5 ++++-
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
> index defb7c464b87..2c6f382ff159 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
> @@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ static int gpiochip_irqchip_init_valid_mask(struct gpio_chip *gc);
> static void gpiochip_irqchip_free_valid_mask(struct gpio_chip *gc);
>
> static bool gpiolib_initialized;
> +bool gc_irq_initialized;

What if you have more than one gc? this needs to be an attribute of the
gc, not global.

>
> static inline void desc_set_label(struct gpio_desc *d, const char *label)
> {
> @@ -1593,6 +1594,8 @@ static int gpiochip_add_irqchip(struct gpio_chip *gc,
>
> acpi_gpiochip_request_interrupts(gc);
>
> + gc_irq_initialized = true;
> +

this assignment can be reordered by the compiler, in which
case (gc->domain == NULL && gc_irq_initialized == true).

> return 0;
> }
>
> @@ -3138,7 +3141,7 @@ int gpiod_to_irq(const struct gpio_desc *desc)
>
> gc = desc->gdev->chip;
> offset = gpio_chip_hwgpio(desc);
> - if (gc->to_irq) {
> + if (gc->to_irq && gc_irq_initialized) {
> int retirq = gc->to_irq(gc, offset);
>
> /* Zero means NO_IRQ */

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Gabriel Krisman Bertazi